LAMA seeks Best of Show award winners

Contact: Arawa McClendon


312-280-5035

For Immediate Release


November 2002

LAMA seeks "Best of Show" award winners

Outstanding library public relations materials are being sought for the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA) Public Relations Swap and Shop "Best of Show" awards competition. All libraries are invited to participate.
Entries will be accepted between March 4 and April 5, 2003.

Library promotional materials will be judged by a team of experts. Winning entries will be on display during the Swap and Shop program Sunday June 22, 2003, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Toronto. The awards will be presented to the winners on that day. Hundreds of free samples of library public relations materials will be available during the program.

Judging in all categories will be based on content, originality, design format and effectiveness. In two categories, calendars of events and newsletters, entrants are asked to provide
four copies each of
three consecutive issues.

The remaining categories are: annual reports; bibliographies/booklists; services/policy/orientation materials; materials that promote programs, events or educate the public about diversity; fund-raising materials/programs/events; programs/special events; original children's summer reading club materials; original young adult summer reading club materials; original adult reading club materials; and materials about the Internet or your Web site.

For consideration in these categories, entries should
include four copies of each item.

Send entries to the "2003 Best of Show" Competition, c/o University of Kentucky Law Library, Attention: Dee Wood, 620 South Limestone Street, Lexington, KY 40506-1148.
NOTE: You must include the complete ZIP + 4 postal code. E-mail:
owood@uky.edu Telephone: 859-257-2925

Detailed information is available from Kären Richgruber, Community Services Manager, Duluth Public Library, 520 West Superior Street, Duluth, MN 55802. Phone: 218-723-3841 E-mail:
krichgruber@duluth.lib.mn.us FAX: 218-723-3822. For an entry form, see the
LAMA Web site,
LAMA Best of Show FAQs, or contact Arawa K. McClendon, Communications Officer, LAMA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; E-mail
amcclendon@ala.org; fax: 312/280-5033; phone: 312/280-5035.

LAMA is a division of the ALA.